Orchestra SATB vocal soli, SATB choir, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, bassoon, 2 horns, 2 vi...(+)
Orchestra SATB vocal
soli, SATB choir, 2
flutes, 2 oboes, bassoon,
2 horns, 2 violins,
viola, basso continuo [3
trumpets, timpani] -
Grade 3
SKU:
CA.3321549
Composed
by Carl Philipp Emanuel
Bach. Edited by Gunter
Graulich. This edition:
urtext. Stuttgart Urtext
Edition: Bach vocal;
Carus sheet music series:
Vocal scores XL. Organ.
Innovative practice aids,
Sacred vocal music,
Magnificats, Advent,
Christmas, Feasts of the
Blessed Virgin Mary,
Hymns in praise of the
Virgin Mary, Daily hours.
Single Part, Organ.
Composed 1749. BR-CPEB E
4 (Wq 215). 40 pages.
Duration 42 minutes.
Carus Verlag #CV
33.215/49. Published by
Carus Verlag
(CA.3321549).
ISBN
9790007051716. Language:
Latin.
C. P. E.
Bach's nine-movement
Magnificat (1749), the
first great vocal work
from his Berlin years, is
among the most
magnificent sounding, in
which the solo vocal
parts are also among the
most ambitious settings
of the Hymn to the Virgin
Mary (Luke 1). The work
fulfills all the criteria
required for a larger
sacred composition:
grandeur, dignity,
polyphonic and
concertante choral
movements, sensitive
(empfindsam) and
expressive arias, a long
concluding double fugue.
This richly scored
Magnificat (with 3
trumpets and timp. ad.
lib.), which is almost
one hour in duration,
would be well suited, for
example, as the central
work on every Christmas
or pre-Christmas concert
programme. Score and part
available separately -
see item CA.3321500.